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Waja languages

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Geographic distribution
  
north eastern Nigeria

Glottolog
  
tula1250

Linguistic classification
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Savannas greater Gur Waja–Kam Waja

Subdivisions
  
Awak Cham–Mona Dadiya Tula

The Waja or Tula–Wiyaa languages are a branch of the provisional Savanna languages, closest to Kam (Nyingwom), spoken in north eastern Nigeria.

They were labeled "G1" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal and later placed in a Waja–Jen branch of that family.

Languages

  • Awak: Awak (Yebu), Kamo
  • Cham–Mona: Dijim-Bwilim, Tso
  • Dadiya
  • Tula: Bangwinji, Tula, Waja
  • References

    Waja languages Wikipedia